CHS Girls Fall To A Much-Improved West Vigo Team Monday Night, 33-59

Lady Clovers Set To Host Cascade Cadets Friday Night; 6:00 P.M.

by Amanda York

Staff Writer

Cloverdale’s Bristy Skiles shoots a three-point basket over the outstretched arms of her defender during a recent home game. Skiles was the top scorer for the Lady Clovers on Monday night at West Vigo tallying 15 points on five three-point shots.
( SEW File Photo) Coming off a solid performance against South Vermillion this past Thursday, the Lady Clovers were excited to take on a much-improved West Vigo Lady Vikings on Monday night. Despite the go-get ‘em attitude, the Lady Clovers were not able to bring it all together, losing 59-33.

“Well, we kind of reverted back last night,” Cloverdale head coach Tom Anderson said. “I was very disappointed in the effort that we gave compared to Thursday. That was one question we said during pregame that everyone – fans and coaches – were going to have, ‘Can you bring that energy and effort every game?’ The girls said, ‘Oh yeah,’ and that they were fired up and then we went out and laid an egg basically. I won’t say that we didn’t give effort, but it wasn’t the kind of effort that West Vigo was giving. They just beat us to death on the boards and were a lot more physical. You could say a lot of the game was lost on offensive rebounds and put-backs that they got.”

Sophomore Bristy Skiles was the leading scorer for the Lady Clovers with 15 points. Sydney Shrum led the squad in rebounds with nine.

Cloverdale stayed on pace with the Lady Vikings in the first quarter, hitting five three-pointers to make it 18-15. CHS was only able to muster five points in the second frame, taking a 32-20 deficit into the locker room at halftime. The squads came back from the break and battled back and forth, with West Vigo picking up eight points and Cloverdale seven in the third quarter.

The fourth quarter found the Lady Clovers under heavy pressure from West Vigo, and were outscored 19-6 to take home a 59-33 loss.

The leading scorer honors for West Vigo went to Erin Barton and Cassidy Carlson, both with 19 points.

The next game for Cloverdale will take place Friday when they host the Cascade Lady Cadets (10- 4) at 6:00 p.m., the first game of a girls’/boys’ doubleheader. Cloverdale - 42, South Vermillion - 52